Describe the various efforts made by scholars to produce the wealth of information of Vijayanagara after Mackenzie's time.

To get information about the Vijayanagara, initial efforts were made by Mackenzie. Thereafter stone-edicts and travel descriptions were added to it. This place came under the control of Archaeological Survey of India and Karnataka Antique Museum in the 20th century. In 1976, Hampi was accepted as a place of national importance. Thereafter on the basis of the information and edicts available, a detailed programme was chalked out to explore the remnants of Vijayanagara. For about 20 years, a dozen scholars of the world gathered every information and conserved it. The preparation of an outline map of the area is the part of this project. In the first phase, all the area was divided into 25 square parts. Every part was given a letter from an alphabet to name it. Then they were further divided into different sub-parts. The small part was further divided into a single unit.

All these surveys were made after a thorough scrutiny and a lot of hard work. It led to the study of thousands of structures of small devotional places, residence and big temples. The details about them were also penned down. With these works, the roads, paths and bazaars of Vijayanagara can be enlivened. Their position has been determined on the basis of pillars and porches.